Electing Jeremy Corbyn as prime minister would be a threat to national security, Boris Johnson has claimed.

The Foreign Secretary said Mr Corbyn had "no grasp of the need for this country to be strong in the world" and questioned how he would respond to the "semi-deranged" regime in North Korea.

He also warned that the UK would be "totally stiffed" in Brexit negotiations if Mr Corbyn was dealing with Brussels.

JEREMY CORBYN FAILED UK 'IN HOUR OF NEED', TIM FARRON SAYS

Tim Farron has turned his fire on Jeremy Corbyn over his handling of Brexit as he sought to get the Liberal Democrat campaign back on track.

The Lib Dem leader claimed Mr Corbyn and shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer had "failed Britain" by refusing to stand up for the rights of European Union citizens.

Mr Farron, who was campaigning in Labour-held and Remain-supporting Cambridge, said Labour had behaved "shamefully" during the passage of the legislation allowing Theresa May to trigger Article 50.

JEREMY CORBYN TO CLAIM CONSERVATIVES 'WILL NEVER FIX HOUSING CRISIS'

Labour councils building on average nearly 1,000 more homes than their Tory counterparts are an example of what the party would do to fix the housing crisis if it wins the general election, Jeremy Corbyn will say.

Mr Corbyn will highlight House of Commons library analysis which shows that Labour councils have built on average 2,577 new homes from 2010 to this year, compared with 1,679 in Tory-led areas.

The Labour-commissioned study showed Liberal Democrat councils performing slightly worse than the Tories, building on average 1,660.

Patients are still struggling to get GP appointments, although the Government's drive to force surgeries to open for longer risks duplicating services and could prove costly, MPs have said.

There is also "no credible plan" to stem the fall in the number of GPs or to recruit more to meet demand, they said.

In a new report, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said many GP services were closed to patients at times during supposedly core hours of 8am to 6.30pm on weekdays.

COURT TO CONSIDER GOVERNMENT'S DELAY ON REVEALING AIR POLLUTION PLAN

A bid by the Government to delay publishing its plans to tackle illegal air pollution until after the General Election is being heard by the High Court today.

Ministers were given until 4pm on Monday April 24 to set out draft measures on reducing illegal levels of nitrogen dioxide pollution after the court ruled last year that existing plans to meet EU-mandated air quality limits were inadequate and must be improved.

But days before the deadline, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) lodged an application with the High Court to postpone publication of the draft clean air plan until after the June 8 poll.

BOY, 15, CHARGED OVER RAPE AND ROBBERY OF WOMAN IN FORTIES

A boy has been charged with the knifepoint rape and robbery of a woman in her forties.

It is alleged the 15-year-old attacked the woman in Sutcliffe Park in Kidbrooke, south-east London, on April 19.

The teenager, who is from Lee Green in south-east London but cannot be named due to his age, is alleged to have threatened another member of public with a knife in the same park on April 19.

ABUSE REPORTS MUST BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY, SAYS CHARITY AFTER ALICE RUGGLES MURDER

The murder of a 24-year-old who was stalked and had her neck slashed by her "psychopath" soldier ex-boyfriend is a "potent reminder" of why women reporting abuse must be taken seriously, a charity has said.

Alice Ruggles was left to bleed to death in her own Gateshead flat last October after Lance Corporal Trimaan "Harry" Dhillon cut her throat from ear to ear after he found out she had found happiness with another man.

The soldier, who slashed his ex-girlfriend's neck in an act of "utter barbarism", was jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years at Newcastle Crown Court on Wednesday.

BRITON WHO 'FLED SYRIA' HELD IN TURKEY ON SUSPICION OF TERROR OFFENCES

A Briton suspected of fleeing Syria after spending two years in Islamic State-held territory has been arrested in Turkey.

The man, understood to be Stefan Aristidou, from Enfield, north London, is reportedly being held on suspicion of terror offences after surrendering to authorities near the Turkey/Syria border.

The 23-year-old had been missing since flying to Cyprus in April 2015 and was arrested in Kilis, a Turkish town three miles from the Syria border and 43 miles from Aleppo last week.

EXPLOSION AND FIRE REPORTED NEAR DAMASCUS AIRPORT

A large explosion has rocked the Syrian capital, followed by a fire near Damascus airport, opposition activists said.

The head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Rami Abdurrahman said the explosion early on Thursday has been heard across the capital, jolting residents awake.

He said the explosion is reported to have occurred near the Damascus airport road.

TRUMP TEAM SOFTENS WAR TALK BUT VOWS OTHER PRESSURE ON NORTH KOREA

The Trump administration has said it will apply economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons programme, as an extraordinary White House briefing served to tamp down talk of military action against an unpredictable and increasingly dangerous US adversary.

President Donald Trump welcomed Republican and Democratic senators before his secretary of state, defence secretary, top general and national intelligence director conducted a classified briefing.

The same team was also meeting with House members in the Capitol to outline the North's escalating nuclear capabilities and US response options to what they called an "urgent national security threat".